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10 Founding team Videos
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Going Solo or Partnering
gsb.stanford.edu— — “Some entrepreneurs choose to start a company alone while others want to start up with a partner.”
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Recruiting and Building a High Performance Team
gsb.stanford.edu— — “How do you think about assembling a team for an early-stage venture? How do you persuade the right people to join your company, and once they’ve joined how do you ensure your team works well together”
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Work/Life Balance: Women Entrepreneur Roundtable
feedroom.businessweek.com— — “Three high-profile women entrepreneurs, all who had successful careers in Corporate America before going out on their own, talk about the challenges of work/life balance at a high-growth startup, and what they learned at big companies that helps them achieve it”
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Why a Team Is Better Than an Individual
youtube.com— — “Betsy Flanagan of Startup Studio interviews venture capitalist David Hornik of August Capital and the creator of VentureBlog about building a team.”
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Do You Have What It Takes to Be an Entrepreneur?
gsb.stanford.edu— — The panelists share their insights on what it takes to launch and build a sustainable company and tackle such questions as: how much experience is required, what are the necessary personality traits, and when is the right time…
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Recruiting a Team
gsb.stanford.edu— — “How can an entrepreneur bring together the ‘right’ founding team to guide a fledgling company”
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Bouncing Back
gsb.stanford.edu— — “This panel focuses on how to recover from a business failure and how to leverage that failure into experience. We hear from entrepreneurs whose previous ventures did not turn out as planned, but then bounced back better than ever.”
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Building the Management Team
gsb.stanford.edu— — “This a panel full of colorful opinions and useful insights on recruiting and growing a team. The discussion centers around the difference between technology and marketing skill sets, how both are essential”
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Too Many Skills and Nowhere To Go
gsb.stanford.edu— — “This program featured GSB alumni who left the entrepreneurial venture they started—or where they held a senior position—and sought employment with an established company.”
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Founding Teams: What Makes Them, What Breaks Them?
gsb.stanford.edu— — “This panel covers a broad array of topics related to founding teams: What to look for in a co-founder, what to discuss before entering a partnership or co-founder relationship with someone”